Parallel Verses

NET Bible

The underworld is naked before God; the place of destruction lies uncovered.

New American Standard Bible

“Naked is Sheol before Him,
And Abaddon has no covering.

King James Version

Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

Holman Bible

Sheol is naked before God,
and Abaddon has no covering.

International Standard Version

Sheol is naked before God and Abaddon has no clothes.

A Conservative Version

Sheol is naked before [God], and Abaddon has no covering.

American Standard Version

Sheol is naked before God , And Abaddon hath no covering.

Amplified


“Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) is naked before God,
And Abaddon (the place of destruction) has no covering [from His eyes].

Bible in Basic English

The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil.

Darby Translation

Sheol is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

Julia Smith Translation

Hades is naked before him, and no covering to destruction.

King James 2000

Sheol is naked before him, and destruction has no covering.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Sheol [is] naked before him, and there is no covering for Abaddon.

Modern King James verseion

Hell is naked before Him, and the Pit has no covering.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

yea, and all they which dwell beneath in the hell are not hid from him, and the very destruction itself cannot be kept out of his sight.

New Heart English Bible

Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

The Emphasized Bible

Naked is hades before him, and there is no covering to destruction;

Webster

Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

World English Bible

Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.

Youngs Literal Translation

Naked is Sheol over-against Him, And there is no covering to destruction.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁאל שׁאול 
Sh@'owl 
Usage: 65

is naked
ערם ערום 
`arowm 
Usage: 16

H11
אבדּון 
'abaddown 
Usage: 5

References

Morish

Watsons

Context Readings

God's Power Over Creation

5 "The dead tremble -- those beneath the waters and all that live in them. 6 The underworld is naked before God; the place of destruction lies uncovered. 7 He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth on nothing.

Cross References

Psalm 139:8

If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be.

Proverbs 15:11

Death and Destruction are before the Lord -- how much more the hearts of humans!

Job 28:22

Destruction and Death say, 'With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.'

Hebrews 4:13

And no creature is hidden from God, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.

Job 11:8

It is higher than the heavens -- what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol -- what can you know?

Job 41:11

(Who has confronted me that I should repay? Everything under heaven belongs to me!)

Psalm 88:10

Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks? (Selah)

Psalm 139:11

If I were to say, "Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me,"

Isaiah 14:9

Sheol below is stirred up about you, ready to meet you when you arrive. It rouses the spirits of the dead for you, all the former leaders of the earth; it makes all the former kings of the nations rise from their thrones.

Amos 9:2

Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, my hand would pull them up from there. Even if they could climb up to heaven, I would drag them down from there.

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